Definition

1. Verb:
   • To make friends: To establish a friendly relationship with someone.
   • To become man and wife (archaic/formal): To get married, to become husband and wife.

Usage Examples

• Verb (To make friends): (I want to make friends with interesting people.) (She easily makes friends at her new school.)
• Verb (To become man and wife): (The two of them became man and wife in the presence of their families.)

Advanced Usage

• "kết bạn bốn phương": To make friends far and wide. (He likes to travel to make friends far and wide.)
• "kết bạn tâm giao": To become close, intimate friends (sharing deep thoughts). (It's difficult to find someone with whom you can become a close, intimate friend.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bạn bè (n): Friends.
• Kết giao (v): To associate, to form a relationship (can be used for friendship or alliance).
• Kết thân (v): To become close friends.

Synonyms

• Làm bạn: To be/become friends.
• Kết nghĩa: To form a sworn friendship/brotherhood (often more formal or ceremonial).

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Kết bạn qua mạng: To make friends online. (Young people today often make friends via social networks.)
• Kết bạn với: To make friends with (someone). (The shy child didn't dare to make friends with anyone.)

Related Idioms

• "Kết bạn với cái bóng": Literally "to make friends with one's shadow"; to be extremely lonely, to have no friends. (After moving to the new city, she felt as if she was making friends with her shadow [i.e., was very lonely].)

1. Make friends
   • Hai người kết bạn từ lúc còn bé
     They made friends since their childhood
2. Become man and wife
   • Ông cụ bà cụ kết bạn từ năm mới đôi mươi
     The old gentleman and old lady became man and wife at twenty